The Hammond Report

The Missoulian ran their profile on Conrad Burns yesterday. In it, Burns declares that the race boils down to one thing - taxes. «I will tell you, that's what this election is all about,» Burns says. «He wants to repeal all of those tax cuts of 2001, 2002 and 2003.»

While Burns will protect those tax cuts, Tester will be more than comfortable in working to not renew them. I am one who enjoys keeping more of the money I earn. They don't need more than the +30% that they already take from me. I have little use for the government telling me that they know better on how to spend my earnings.

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The print version of the WSJ had a front page story about how the Tester campaign is following Burns around trying to catch Burns gaffes and posting them on YouTube. The online WSJ also has it and is subscription but I linked to the story anyway.

It's a brilliant tactic and one I wish Burns would use - although he would be accused of being negative. The main purpose is to get the mainstream media to pick up on it and run stories. I don't think the demographics of the YouTube generation are going to be the deciders in this election but the fact that the gaffes are made public in the mainstream are what is effective.

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Left In The West's Matt Singer posted, what seemed to me, a rather concerned post about the recent Zogby poll that put the Burns - Tester race at a statistical dead heat. There is a lot of hopeful rationalization in his post.

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Right from Tester's web site:

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I want to formally thank Senator Conrad Burns for voting in favor of the Detainee Law that grants CIA interrogators immunity for US criminal prosecutions. This law, along with the Patriot Act, which Burns also voted for and still supports, are critical tools in protecting the US from further terrorist actions. Conrad understands the real world and that there are bad guys out there wanting to Americans and eliminate our way of life.

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